yellow flag
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Noun (1)
- common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivatedSynonyms: yellow irisyellow water flagIris pseudacorusType of iris, flag
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Yellow flag
the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.
From the entry Flag.
Yellow flag
the quarantine flag. See under Quarantine, and 3d Flag.
From the entry Yellow.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54